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This program is read by the author
Paul Craddocks Spare Parts offers an original look at the history of medicine itself through the rich compelling and delightfully macabre story of transplant surgery from ancient times to the present day
How did an architect help pioneer blood transfusion in the 1660s
Why did eighteenthcentury dentists buy the live teeth of poor children
And what role did a sausage skin and an enamel bath play in making kidney transplants a reality
We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world But transplant surgery is as ancient as the pyramids with a history more surprising than we might expect Paul Craddock takes us on a journey from sixteenthcentury skin grafting to contemporary stem cell transplants uncovering stories of operations performed by unexpected people in unexpected places Bringing together philosophy science and cultural history Spare Parts explores how transplant surgery constantly tested the boundaries between human animal and machine and continues to do so today
Witty entertaining and at times delightfully macabre Spare Parts shows us that the history and future of transplant surgery is tied up with questions about not only who we are but also what we are and what we might become
A Macmillan Audio production from St Martins Press
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